In short, pitcher Brandon McCarthy sent out a tweet that suggested the "Kiss Cam" — a feature shown on scoreboards across the country in which a camera focuses on couples in hopes of a kiss — was anti-gay.

The tweet is from last week, but it's just now making its way across the country thanks in part to Knapp's column in which McCarthy expanded on his tweet.

"There's that stupid, little comedic value of it if you don't really think about what it implies," he told Knapp. "It kind of got old on that level. Then I actually started thinking about why we were supposed to be laughing, and it bugged me.

"The whole thing bugs me on a non-homophobic level, because it's awkward," he said. "... I just hate it."

McCarthy also found some detractors on Twitter, who complained he was being a cynic by believing the stadium feature was meant as dig against gays.

"Who said the intentions were for people to laugh at [the two men]?" asked @speefmoney.

Also, this isn't the first time the Kiss Cam has been in trouble. As CBS Sports reported that back in 2010, the Kiss Cam at an NFL game "showed two men sitting beside each other wearing jerseys of the opposing Arizona Cardinals."